[Archon-L] Archon 2.0 Beta

[Chris Prom]

Amy,

the bulk renumbering is added in the beta version, you can either 
increase or decrease ranges of series, files, or whatever.  We 
are looking at adding the disable series, etc for the final 2.0 
version.  It is a bit complicated, but we are working on it.

Thanks,

Chris

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Christopher J. Prom
Assistant University Archivist
University of Illinois Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801

phone:	217.333.0798
fax:	217.333.2868
e-mail:	prom at uiuc.edu
web:	http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Amy C. Schindler wrote:

> I am just starting to look at 2.0, so excuse me if this is obvious. Did
> either the bulk renumbering for growing collections or web disable for
> restricted series/subseries/boxes/folders make it into this release?
>
>
> Amy C. Schindler
> University Archivist
> Special Collections Research Center
> Earl Gregg Swem Library
> The College of William and Mary
> 757-221-3094
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: archon-bounces at archon.org [mailto:archon-bounces at archon.org] On Behalf
> Of Chris Prom
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:32 AM
> To: archon at archon.org
> Subject: [Archon-L] Archon 2.0 Beta
>
> We are pleased to announce that Archon v. 2.0 is available for
> testing in the sandbox on the Archon website:
>
> http://sandbox.archon.org/uiuc_20/
>
> Please look at the site, use it, and send any bug reports to
> bugs at archon.org.
>
> Currently, we plan to release a beta version of 2.0 to select
> institutions in advance of the public release, which is scheduled
> for on or about August 15.  We will have the beta files available
> for installation as soon as next week.  If you are interested in
> trying to install and test version 2.0 in advance of the public
> release, please send me an email, EVEN if we have discussed it in
> the past, so I can make sure my list is up to date.
>
> 2.0 will add the following features:
>
>  	--multilingual support in the admin/staff interface
>  	--'cart' and user registration functions (allows users to
>  		put collections, series, folders, etc in a basket
> 		to view later, email to archivist, etc.
>  	--modularization--all code has been rewritten
>  		and segregated into a core and packages.
> 		Allows for easier addition of new features
>  	--new default theme and template set (what used to be
> 		called a style is now called a theme)
>  	--bug fixes
>
> 2.0 will be a major upgrade; probably The most significant set of
> changes the software will see.  Therefore, we are hoping to get a
> lot of feedback before we develop the documentation and release
> the software publicly.  We are also looking to spend some time
> optimizing the code before release.
>
> Institutions that plan to upgrade to the new version of the
> software should plan to make changes to their styles and template
> files, since some of the variable names have changed and since
> some new features have been added.  In most cases, it would make
> the most sense to adopt the new default template set and to
> customize from that point forward, by applying a new CSS
> stylesheet and making other changes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> --
>
> Christopher J. Prom
> Assistant University Archivist
> University of Illinois Archives
> 19 Library
> 1408 W. Gregory Dr.
> Urbana, IL 61801
>
> phone:	217.333.0798
> fax:	217.333.2868
> e-mail:	prom at uiuc.edu
> web:	http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx
>
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